Hong Kong launches probe as high-rise flat fire kills man, critically injures wife

Hong Kong authorities are investigating a fire at a high-rise flat in the northwestern New Territories that killed a 56-year-old man and critically injured his wife, with investigators not ruling out criminal involvement. The fire broke out on Sunday morning at Yoho Town, a private housing estate on Yuen Lung Street in Yuen Long, prompting the evacuation of 435 residents, according to police and the Fire Services Department. Officers received a report at around 6.19am on Sunday, saying that...